(20,000 words outbreak, compensate for the reduced updates when I was sick two days ago!)

The fifth day of the fifth month, Dragon Boat Festival.

The envoy from Chang'an led a team to the domestic city. Li Jing originally planned to go to Dengzhou to welcome the envoy, but the envoy on this time was Li Jing's old acquaintance, Zhang Tai, the envoy of the Northern Court of Xuanwei and the right guard of the gatekeeper of the right supervisor. He directly sent people to Dengzhou to pass a message saying that he would come to Liaodong in person according to the emperor's order to watch the achievements of the soldiers of the town.

However, although Li Jing did not go to Dengzhou to greet him in person, he still asked his disciple Li Rang and the military commander Zhang Chengye to go to greet him, and escorted him to the domestic city.

Zhang Tai was very satisfied with his trip to Liaodong. From landing in the sea to Duli Town, he traveled 650 miles all the way to the estuary of Yalu River, and then took a small boat for more than 600 miles to reach the domestic city. He arrived in the country from Chang'an, and took more than 5,000 miles all the way. He took a carriage, horses, boats and boats for two months. However, he was proud to see that such a large place in Liaodong was recovered by Li Jing.

In the domestic city, all the generals gathered, Li Jing led the generals to welcome Zhang Tai into the city, and then listened to the imperial edict together on the grounds of the North City University Camp.

Zhang Tai read out the imperial edict, and the emperor granted the title of General of the Cavalry, General of the Left Wu Guard, General of the Shangzhu Kingdom, Dadu Protectorate of the Andong Protectorate, Jiedu of the Zhenzhang Army, Jiedu of the Datong Army, Jiedu of the Lulong Army, Jiedu of the Pinglu Army, Situ, and Pingzhangshi of the Secretary of the Secretariat, Li Jing of the Andong County Prince, was appointed as the Taiwei, and was also the commander of the Andong Salt and Iron Transportation Iron and Money Cast, and was envoyed by the Three Bohai Khitan Envoy of the Silor Bohai.

At the same time, Zhang Tai also read out another imperial edict from the emperor, exempting the two taxes and servants of the states under the Anton Protectorate for three years and the main civil and military officials under the town. He also received imperial edicts and was promoted to rewards and rewarded with money.

After reading the imperial edict, Zhang Tai smiled and said to Li Jing: "Congratulations to the general for being promoted to Prince. Since Xuanzong, Yizong and Dangxizi, he has been the first king of a different surname to be awarded the title of "All the Emperor" since the three dynasties of Xuanzong, Yizong and Dangxizi."

Li Jing liked the reward of this title very much. Although he was only a first-rank prince, with the successor and prince on it, he was also considered an extremely powerful minister. Generally speaking, he would not have the chance to be promoted to the king of the first character. Although the tree attracted the wind, he was in Liaodong. If he had a title of a prince, plus the official position of the Three Bible Envoy of the Bohai Khitan, and the Great Protectorate of the Andong Protectorate, Li Jing now had the right to deal with the affairs of the northeastern border.

Moreover, the three-year tax exemption made Li Jing even more happy. Although even if it was inevitable, a yamen like the Anton Protectorate was equivalent to a vassal state, which could intercept taxes as military expenses. However, there was a special declaration of tax exemption and service by the imperial edict, which was still of great help to Li Jing's plan to recruit population.

"Tian Lingzi did not object to Your Majesty's proposal this time?" Li Jing welcomed Zhang Tai into the mansion.

"Why didn't you object? But this time your Majesty is determined. Tian Lingzi, Lu Xie and others just mentioned it and didn't say it again after being rejected by His Majesty. The matter is indeed a bit abnormal." Zhang Tai took a sip of fragrant tea and continued: "In fact, Your Majesty is also a great-minded emperor. It's a pity that he was tempted and led to ruin by Tian Lingzi, the old dogma since childhood. But Your Majesty was still very satisfied with the prince's achievements in regaining Liaodong. Another thing is that Cui Anqian, Wang Duo and others had previously discussed that when the thief Huang Chao pretended to attack Luoyang last time, he proposed to use Luoyang as bait to attack and annihilate the thief. As a result, Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie were opposed in front of His Majesty. Then they opened the siege to defend Luoyang and let the thief go and ran to Jiangnan."

"After that Cui Anqian took the blame and was removed from recruiting envoys. It was also the intention of Tian Lingzi. But now the thieves are in chaos in the southeast, and the taxes paid by half of the southeast this year are gone. The court has been using troops for years and the national treasury is empty. Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with Tian Lingzi who is responsible. Tian Lingzi is in charge of his rule. He cannot suppress the thieves outside and cannot resolve the treasury inside, which disappoints Your Majesty. However, the princes have expanded their territory and expanded their territory and suppressed the thieves inside. Moreover, not only does his troops do not use a single penny of the court, but also can also send a large amount of money to Your Majesty every year to relieve Your Majesty's worries. Your Majesty is obsessed with it and will long ago pay the princes more."

You will know the meaning of elegance when you hear the strings and songs.

Li Jing raised his eyebrows, "Is Your Majesty's inner treasury very empty?"

Zhang Tai smiled bitterly and said, "The emperor fought with King Shou and other kings a few days ago. He assisted the money but couldn't afford it, and he lost face."

"Does Tian Lingzi have no money?"

"Tian Lingzi only knows how to accept bribes, so how can he manage his finances? His Majesty has no money, so he only knows to take the Shen Ce army to the east and west markets of Chang'an to rob merchants."

Li Jing nodded, "I will give His Majesty a million stakes a month from now on, is it enough?"

Zhang Tai was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, looking at Li Jing with admiration. "Okay, very good. As long as the prince can really contribute one million yuan a month, I believe that Tian Lingzi will come to His Majesty to talk about the prince's bad words and slander, I am afraid that your Majesty will always be directed at the prince. However, one million yuan a month is not a decimal."

"To make the emperor happy is the duty of our ministers." Li Jing said slowly. One million is indeed a lot, but compared to being able to get the emperor's support and trust, it seems very cheap. What Li Jing needs most now is the trust and support of the emperor.

After staying in Liaodong for half a month, Zhang Tai brought the heavy gifts given by Li Jing, as well as gifts to the Lords of Chang'an, and a million yuan of contributions given by Li Jing to the emperor. He was very satisfied with the escort of cavalry sent by Li Jing back to Beijing.

After seeing off Zhang Tai, Li Jing immediately convened the generals to hold a meeting.

At the meeting, Li Jing issued a new task to the generals and robbed people.

Li Jing drew 30,000 troops from the Liaodong army and divided them into several routes to attack the grasslands such as Goguryeo, the Khitan in the western Liaoning and the Shiwei in the northern Mobei. At the same time, he sent a water fleet to bypass the Sanhan Peninsula and march towards Japan.

There is only one requirement for all troops. Li Jing did not ask them to attack cities and seize land, but only asked to grab money, grain and people. Especially for grabbing people, Li Jing made a loud statement without hesitation.

At the end of May and early June, it is the summer harvest season, and people from all over the country will have to be busy rushing to harvest in the fields.

At this time, Li Jing sent out an army to grab grain and people. He grabbed all the people he could get back, sent them back to Denglai, and then returned to the Han people to enrich the occupied Liaodong area.

"When you encounter small cities and cities with empty defenses, eat them if you can. But for strong cities and cities with heavy troops, you are absolutely not allowed to attack. Remember, your task is to rob." Li Jing shouted loudly to the generals.

The Khitans' favorite thing is to hunt grass valleys. When it comes to the harvest season, they start to rob other tribes in groups, and they especially like to rob the Han people. Faced with these robbers, they can only escape to the mountains or into the city. Smaller cities will be broken by them, and larger cities will be destroyed. Although these robbers will not attack hard, if people in the city dare to fight, they will often encounter painful attacks.

Now, Li Jing wants his own people to rob the Khitans and Goguryeo people, and even the navy robs the Japanese. Anyway, Khitans and Goguryeo are their enemies, so Li Jing doesn’t have to worry about their revenge. While strengthening himself, he can also weaken the enemy, kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

"Don't be discouraged when the troops sent are not drawn this time. The troops we send will be rotated every half month, and after half a month, another group will come forward. Every time, ten thousand soldiers will lead 20,000 auxiliary troops to attack. This is not only a robbery, but also a practical training. Therefore, every time we are dispatched, we must have a detailed combat plan. In addition, our actions are military plans, fighting. It is not a scattered soldiers and robbery everywhere, so military discipline is still the most important thing. Prohibition and killing are prohibited, and the seized property must also be handed over to the public."

Although robbery is a good way to solve the population, and robbery can also train troops in actual combat and obtain money and food. However, Li Jing did not want such an action to ruin the strict military discipline of the town. Therefore, he emphasized this in particular, and emphasized again that, in addition, he sent a military police battalion to supervise military discipline.

By the Khitan Huangshui River, Yaonian tribe, and Khitan Hende Khan camp.

"Has Li Jing been crowned as king?"

Hende Khan has suffered repeated defeats in recent battles with Diela and has been at a disadvantage. The Central Plains merchant Zhanggui, who was popular on the grassland, came to him and said that he was the special envoy of Li Jing, the town **, and the representative of Li Jing to contact him. He claimed that Li Jing was willing to help him deal with Diela tribe, and he was skeptical. Although it was later confirmed that this person was indeed Li Jing's envoy, from the bottom of his heart, Hende Khan was not willing to interfere in the internal struggles of the Khitan.

However, the Diela tribe controlled the Khitan troops for many years, and after all, the new Khan of Hende not long after. Although the six divisions of Yao Nian and Dahe supported him, after several conflicts, they were at a disadvantage.

Just a few days ago, he led the six tribes and the Diela tribes to fight another battle in Huangshui. Both sides dispatched more than 30,000 cavalry. After a fierce battle, Hende Khan was defeated again. Just yesterday, he received news that after Li Jing defeated Bohai and Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty officially appointed Li Jing as the Prince of Andong and the Khitan envoy of Silo Bohai.

"Chinba, is this news true?"

Qinba, the general of Yaoyan, hurriedly said: "It has been confirmed that it is not uncommon for Li Jing to be the king. He took over Liaodong with just one person's strength. He took over the Liaodong Peninsula in more than a year. In just ten months, he annihilated Goguryeo and 100,000 troops from the Bohai Sea, forcing Bohai to withdraw from the alliance and cede land to accompany the money."

Hende Khan sat on the chair holding a golden knife, pondered for a long time, looked up and asked Chinba, "You said, what if we accept Li Jing's proposal?"

"The Diela tribe is aggressive, but after all, it is a struggle within the Khitan tribe. If we accept Li Jing's proposal and cooperate with them, we are afraid that this will cause dissatisfaction among other tribes. After all, our Khitan has fought with the Tang Dynasty for many years, and the blood is deeply hatred!"

"I know, but the battle between us and Diela is endless. If I give in this time, then my Yaonian clan will be completely replaced by the Diela tribe and we will lose the hereditary Khan position. I cannot let the Khitan Khan position be taken away by the Diela tribe in my hands. The Khitan Khan position has been passed down for nine generations and cannot be taken away in my hands." Yaonian Hende gritted his teeth and said.

"I'm afraid Li Jing doesn't have a good intention. I'm afraid that it's a matter of working with Li Jing, and I'm afraid it's a matter of trying to get a tiger into the house." Qinba sighed.

"I know." said Hende Khan, "I know these, but now all tribes are watching the fire from the other side of the river. If we don't cooperate with Li Jing, will there be other ways out?"

Seeing that Hende Khan insisted, Qinba lowered his head and pondered, and said for a long time: "This matter is not just about taking grain from the fire, but there may be a front-line opportunity. We can agree to cooperate with Li Jing and let Li Jing send troops to deal with Dila. As long as Dila suffers one or two losses under Li Jing's hands, we will lose some troops. At that time, we will come forward to force Dila's troops to surrender, and then call on all troops under Khan's troops in the name of resisting the Tang army to unite to the outside world."

"In this way, cooperation with Li Jing must be carried out in secret, and no other departments can be known." Qinba said in a low voice, like a ferocious wolf on the grassland roaring.

Hende Khan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his eyes flashed with bright light. He clenched his fists and said, "I'm good at it, I'll use Li Jing's hand to deal with Dila, and then use Li Jing's name to unite the troops under the Silver Wolf's banner. This will allow my Yaonian clan to truly master the Khitan!"

"Qinba, go and discuss this matter with Li Wei immediately. Remember to act in secret!"

"I understand!" Qinba Zheng pointed his head and turned around to leave the tent.

In the middle of the night, Li Wei was woken up by the guard who dressed as a caravan. When he left the tent, he saw that the general of Hend Khan, Qinba, was wearing a sheepskin robe waiting for him. If he had not seen Qinba many times, Li Wei would never believe that the generals of the distant tribe were dressed like an ordinary herder.

After inviting him into the tent, Qinba told Li Wei directly that Hende Khan was willing to cooperate with Li Jing to deal with Diela tribe.

"However, Khan has a requirement, that is, that our alliance is secret. The reason is that we can better deal with the Diela tribe. After all, if it is hidden, the Diela tribe will not know that our alliance will be neglected to prevent it. Secondly, the Khitan has not had a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty. At present, the Khan is still seeking support from other tribes. If we let everyone know that we are connecting the Tang Dynasty to deal with the Diela tribe, then we will lose the support of other tribes and will push each tribe to the Diela tribe."

Li Wei lowered his head and thought that the Khitans were willing to join forces, but he was still very happy. Although they had to carry out this cooperation secretly and were incompatible with the general's plan. However, when it was proposed to cooperate with the Khitan Khan, it was just to allow the Khitan to continue civil strife, so as not to be defeated by the Diela tribe, and let the Diela tribe command the entire Khitan and the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Khitan Khan is willing to continue fighting with Diela, whether it is a secret alliance or they want to fight alone, Li Wei certainly has no reason to object.
Chapter completed!